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IPS Profiles Maternal Shelter In Kenya's North Eastern Province
Inter Press Service profiles the Garissa Maternal Shelter in North Eastern Province, Kenya, "the only such facility in an area with the country's highest maternal mortality rate." The news service writes, "At 1,000 deaths per 100,000 live births, [the maternal mortality rate] is almost double the country's average, [b]ut despite this, there are only seven women here in a facility that can accommodate 24."
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